Electronic ticket issuing system

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic ticket issuing system that allows the easy and rapid transfer of a ticket without the need for user to go to vendor's place of business to receive said ticket or for vendor to mail said ticket to user. The present invention is an electronic ticket issuing system that comprises a user terminal ( 110 ) capable of transmitting ticket reservation information, a vendor terminal ( 120 ) for receiving ticket reservation information from user and transmitting electronic ticket issuing information to user terminal, and a venue terminal ( 130 ) having a scanning means prepared at the entrance gate to read the electronic ticket issuing information stored in said vendor terminal, wherein said vendor terminal transmits said electronic ticket issuing information to said user terminal based on the ticket reservation information received from said user terminal, said electronic ticket issuing information is stored in said user terminal, and when said electronic ticket is to be used, said scanning device of said venue terminal reads said electronic ticket issuing information stored in said user terminal.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An electronic ticket issuing system comprising a vendor terminal having a receiving unit for receiving ticket reservation information from a portable user terminal and a transmitting unit for transmitting electronic ticket issuing information to be read by a venue terminal with a scanning means to said user terminal based on the received ticket reservation information, 
 and wherein said vendor terminal transmits said electronic ticket issuing information to said user terminal based on the ticket reservation information received from said user terminal, said electronic ticket issuing information is stored in said user terminal, and when said electronic ticket is to be used, said scanning means of said venue terminal reads said electronic ticket issuing information stored in said user terminal.    
     
     
         2 . An electronic ticket issuing system comprising a vendor terminal having a receiving unit for receiving ticket reservation information from a user terminal that can be attached to a portable electronic media and a transmitting unit for transmitting electronic ticket issuing information to be read by a venue terminal with a scanning means to said user terminal based on the received ticket reservation information, 
 and wherein said vendor terminal transmits said electronic ticket issuing information to said user terminal based on the ticket reservation information received from said user terminal, said electronic ticket issuing information is stored in said electronic media connected to said user terminal, and when said electronic ticket is to be used, said scanning means of said venue terminal reads said electronic ticket issuing information stored in said electronic media.    
     
     
         3 . An electronic ticket issuing system comprising a vendor terminal to record electronic ticket issuing information to be read by a venue terminal having a scanning means on portable electronic media, 
 and wherein when user reserves a ticket or after user reserves a ticket, said electronic media is attached to said vendor terminal, said vendor terminal records said electronic ticket issuing information in said electronic media, and when said electronic ticket is to be used, said scanning means of said venue terminal reads said electronic ticket issuing information stored in said electronic media.    
     
     
         4 . An electronic ticket issuing system comprising a vendor terminal having a receiving unit to receive ticket reservation information and a user identifier from a user terminal, a storage unit for recording the received ticket reservation information and user identifier, and a transmission unit to transmit information to a venue terminal having an input means to input a user identifier, 
 and wherein, when a ticket reservation is made, said vendor terminal receives ticket reservation information and user identifier from said user terminal, said vendor terminal stores the received ticket reservation information and user identifier, and when said ticket is to be used, said input means of said venue terminal is used to input said user identifier, said user identifier input to said venue terminal is transmitted to said vendor terminal, said vendor terminal compares said transmitted user identifier with user identifier of the user who reserved said ticket, verifies that they are the same, and uses this information to allow entry.    
     
     
         5 . An electronic ticket issuing system comprising a vendor terminal having a storage unit for recording the input ticket reservation information and a user identifier, a receiving unit for receiving information from a venue terminal having an input means to input a user identifier, and a transmitting unit to transmit information to the venue terminal, 
 and wherein, when user reserves a ticket or after user reserves a ticket, the ticket reservation information and user identifier are input into said vendor terminal, said vendor terminal stores the input ticket reservation information and user identifier, and when user uses the ticket, said user identifier is input by said input means of said venue terminal, said venue terminal transmits said user identifier to said vendor terminal, compares said transmitted user identifier with user identifier of the user who reserved said ticket, verifies that they are the same, and uses this information to allow entry.    
     
     
         6 . An electronic ticket issuing system comprising a vendor terminal having a receiving unit for receiving ticket reservation information from a portable user terminal for transmitting ticket reservation information and a transmitting unit for transmitting electronic ticket issuing information to said user terminal, 
 said system characterized in that said vendor terminal transmits said electronic ticket issuing information to said user terminal based on said ticket reservation information received from said user terminal, said electronic ticket issuing information is stored in said user terminal, and when said electronic ticket is to be used, information that said electronic ticket has been issued and/or information on seat reservations is displayed on said user terminal.    
     
     
         7 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to either of  claim 4  or  claim 5 , wherein said vendor terminal comprises an information input device and a central processing device, said information input device receives ticket reservation information and user identifier from said user terminal or ticket reservation information and user identifier are input directly into said information input device, the received or input ticket reservation information and user identifier are transmitted to said central processing device, and said central processing device that receives ticket reservation information and user identifier stores this information, and further wherein when said ticket is to be used, said user identifier is input into said scanning means of said venue terminal, said venue terminal transmits said user identifier to said central processing unit, said central processing unit compares said transmitted user identifier with said stored user identifier to confirm if this user identifier has a reserved ticket, and result of said comparison is used to admit user to venue.  
     
     
         8 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1 , claim to,  claim 4 , or  claim 6 , wherein said user terminal comprises any of a personal computer, Internet device, normal telephone, mobile phone, wireless communications device, two-way television, electronic book, portable electronic device, or car navigation system.  
     
     
         9 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2  or  claim 3 , wherein said electronic media is a card that stores electronic information.  
     
     
         10 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 4  or  claim 5 , wherein said user identifier is any of a user identifier card issued by vendor, code of electronic media, credit card number, debit card number, driver's license number, biological characteristic of user, passport number.  
     
     
         11 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to  claim 4 , wherein said user terminal comprises any of a personal computer, Internet device, normal telephone, mobile phone, wireless communications device, two-way television, electronic book, portable electronic device, or car navigation system, and wherein said user terminal stores user identifier and said input means of said venue terminal is used to read said user identifier stored in said user terminal.  
     
     
         12 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 4  or  claim 5  wherein said user identifier is input by said input means of said venue terminal reading a user identifier card issued by vendor, code of electronic media, credit card number, debit card number, driver's license number, or passport number.  
     
     
         13 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2 ,  claim 3 , or  claim 9 , wherein electronic ticket issuing information is read by inserting said electronic media into said scanning means of said venue terminal.  
     
     
         14 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2 ,  claim 3 , or  claim 9 , wherein electronic ticket issuing information is read by said scanning means of said venue terminal communicating with said electronic media through wireless communications.  
     
     
         15 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2 ,  claim 3 , or  claim 9 , wherein electronic ticket issuing information is read by said scanning means of said venue terminal communicating with said user terminal through wireless communications.  
     
     
         16 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2 ,  claim 3 , or  claim 9 , wherein electronic ticket issuing information is read by said scanning means of said venue terminal communicating with said user terminal through a direct connection.  
     
     
         17 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2  to  claim 5 , wherein said venue terminal has an insertion point to insert a user identifier card issued by vendor or electronic media, credit card, debit card, driver's license, passport, or the like, having recorded therein electronic ticket issuing information and/or user identifier, and a gate capable of opening and closing, wherein when the user inserting said item into said insertion point is allowed entrance, said gate opens, and when the person is denied entrance, said gate closes.  
     
     
         18 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 2  to  claim 5 , wherein said venue terminal has an insertion point to insert a user identifier card issued by vendor or code of electronic media, credit card number, debit card number, driver's license number, passport number, or the like, and a removal point to remove said item, wherein said insertion point is on one side of the entrance and said removal point is on the other side of the entrance.  
     
     
         19 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1 ,  claim 2 ,  claim 4 ,  claim 6 ,  claim 8 ,  claim 11 ,  claim 12 ,  claim 15 , or  claim 16 , wherein electronic ticket issuing information and/or information on seat reservations is displayed on user terminal storing electronic ticket issuing information.  
     
     
         20 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 3 ,  claim 6 ,  claim 8 , or  claim 13  to  claim 19 , wherein said electronic ticket issuing information can be transferred from user terminal and/or electronic media storing said electronic ticket issuing information to a different user terminal and/or electronic media.  
     
     
         21 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 4 ,  claim 5 ,  claim 10  to  claim 12  or  claim 15  to  claim 20 , wherein after user reserves a ticket and said ticket reservation information and said user identifier are recorded in said central processing device, said user may as necessary change said user identifier to user identifier of another person.  
     
     
         22 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 21 , wherein prior to user making a ticket reservation, commercials or event trailers including still pictures, video, and or audio information are sent from said vendor terminal to said user terminal.  
     
     
         23 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 22 , wherein if user desires, input of ticket reservation information and/or user identifier into vendor terminal can be performed by operator operating vendor terminal.  
     
     
         24 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 22 , wherein said user terminal and said vendor terminal are configured such that ticket reservation information and/or user identifier are input into vendor terminal by means of voice recognition of user's voice via user terminal.  
     
     
         25 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 24 , wherein said venue terminal further has a printer to issue a physical ticket or print out of seat assignment to user.  
     
     
         26 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 25  above, wherein said user terminal, said vendor terminal, said venue terminal, and/or said central processing device further have a means of encoding, wherein ticket reservation information and/or electronic ticket issuing information are transmitted or stored in encoded form.  
     
     
         27 . An electronic ticket issuing system according to any one of  claim 1  to  claim 26  above, wherein information regarding payment for ticket is transmitted from user terminal to vendor terminal at the time ticket reservation information is transmitted.